FOOTPRINTS
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was
walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the
sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he
noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one
belonged to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene on his life flashed before him, he
looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that
many times along the path of his life there was only one
set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it.
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk
with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the
most troublesome times in my life, there is only one
set of footprints. I don't understand why when I
need you most you would leave me."
The LORD replied, "My precious, precious
child. I love you and I would never leave
you. during your times of trial and
suffering, when you see only one set of
footprints, it was then that I carried you."
~anonymous~
BUTT PRINTS IN THE SAND
One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there were seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."
"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."
"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt."
"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."
~anonymous~
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